Malaysia Sees a Rise in Chemical Investments and Exports

3:13 AM MST | December 8, 2011 | Deepti Ramesh

Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI; Kuala Lumpur) says that the chemical industry in the country is seeing robust growth and total value of exports of chemical products from Malaysia reached RM35.4 billion ($11.3 billion) in the first nine months of 2011. The value of exports of chemical products from Malaysia totaled RM40.7 billion in 2010, an increase of 19% compared with 2009. Investments in the chemical industry in the country reached RM5 billion in the first nine months of 2011, compared with RM2.83 billion in 2010, MITI...